The Sun. — London, England, 1838-04-13 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, Poor old Sir Francis Burdett is about to be led round tb.e country again during the present recess, in order to make show of him at sundry Conservative dinners in Liver pool, Leeds, Newcastle, &c. This is really pitiable, and we think that some of his old friends, if he have ally left, ought to interfere on his behalf to prevent this melancholy exposure of personal infirmity and mental imbecility. How the Tories can have the heart to drag him about in this way from place to place might be a wonder, if we had not seen that they have done it before. The nation knows to its cost that they have neither compassion nor re morse. They fancy that it will answer the purpose of the. party, and therefore they have no consideration far his convenience or his character. Poor Old Gleey ! We little thought, twenty years ago, when you were the idol of the mob, the unhesitating advocate of extreme reforms, that it would come to this at last !—Sic transit gloria. It seems that he is to figure at Liverpool on St. George's day ; and on Wednesday we inserted a curious specu lative paragraph, as to the doubts that may well be entertained there, whether he really is the same Sir Francis Burdett who, about the year 1818, was entertained by Dr. Shepherd and several hundred other staunch supporters of the Liberal cause, as a man who 1 1 had earned the gratitude of the people by the manner in which he had fought the battles of the people. The in stability of popular gratitude is proverbial, but it is nothing to the instability:of popular claims to it, taking the poor old broken-down Baronet as one instance in point. Unfor tunately we have others, although the contrast may not be equally striking. Sir James Graham never stood so high in the expectations of the inhabitants of this country—not because he did not make all kinds of efforts to obtain public confidence, but that those efforts were too violent and sudden, and inspired some distrust among the most wary watchers of candidates for popular fa vour. Nevertheless he is another proof of the strange discrepancy between two portions of the con duct of the same individual. Sir James Graham, how ever, is without the excuse of Sir Francis Burdett ; he is not a man who has outlived his powers : such faculties as lie formerly possessed Sir James Graham still retains ; and though they were overrated by such as were disposed to think well of him, they were enough to have kept him in a straight course, had he not possessed so strong a disposition to tortuosity. Not a few have thougot that he ought to form a " companion piece " to Sir Francis in his progress through the north of England ; but he knows better : he is too cunning to put himself so nearly in contact with Cum berland, and it has been publicly stated in several quarters that while the Wiltshire worthy is peregrinating in Lanca shire, Yorkshire, and Northumberland, the Pride of Pem broke, after visiting his " free and independent consti tuents," will make a tour in the south-west of England, to the delight of those whom Cobbett used to call the chew bacons of Gloucester, Somerset, and North Devon. We wonder what the Tories expect to accom plish by this parade of political perfidy. Do they think it will gain any credit to their party to make a pair of spectacles of these turn-coats ? Do they imagine that even the most inexperienced and ignorant will be deluded by it, and that it will be sup posed that they are anxious only to prove what respect and honour they feel for such as abandon their early principles and join the Conservative standard ? Do they hope thus to invite new proselytes, who may fancy that they in turn will share in the same flattering demonstrations ? In public, indeed—at the feeds got up for the purpose of exhibiting the backsliding baronets—all outward testimony of attach ment and estimation will not be wanting ; but if those who are present on such occasions could only hear what tho rough-going and consistent Tories say in secret of such men as Burdett and Graham, despising them even more hear tily than they are contemned by the Liberals they have abandoned, there is every chance, that instead of securing the adhesion of new partisans, they would be forsaken by many of those who in various ways have been made the vie tims of deception. The object of Sir Francis Burdett, as far as he can be supposed capable in the present state of his mind, of entertaining a definite object is clear enough : " His head aches for a coronet, For who is blest that is not great?" It has long ached for it, and it is likely to ache to the end of the chapter. For the chance of obtaining this "nil ultra of his proudest hopes," as Sir Giles calls it, he made his first attempt at circunegyration ; but unluckily, Just about the time that he completed it, out went the Tories, and away went his expectations until the brief re turn of Sir Robert Peel to power, who was too prudent to commit such a false step in the outset as bestowing even a barony upon the baronet. Since then Sir Francis has been daily trusting that some unexpected turn would re store the reign of Toryism, and reward him for his tergi versation. He knows that this is now his only resource, and he has therefore consented to be carried about the country, at an age a.-ad in a manner that might almost jus tion of Cruelty to Animals. Externally be may be tify the interference of the Society for the preven treated with ceremony ; but we are much mis taken if, in fact, he will not have to endure as hard a servitude as poor Lazarillo de Tormes, Nyln was shown about as a strange fish, up to the neck in water, and with his head mercilessly thrust under the surface whenever he attempted to remon strate. All this, we say, is truly pitiable on the one side, and utterly diseraceful on th e o th er ; b ut w h at i s the poor old B arone t to do ? His vanity will not let him live with out notoriety : notoriety was the spur to his early exertions in the cause of liberty : notoriety is the end of his later sa crifices in the cause of Toryism, and these sacrifices he 'vainly hopes will be recompensed by a Viscounty or an Earldom. In the mean time he is mercilessly driven from town to town in the feebleness of his age and in the in firmity of his faculties, and he, who in the vigour of man hood, like a noble steed, " made the glory of his nostrils terrible" to the enemies of the people, is now become, like " the high-mottled racer, a hack on the road" of political profligacy, and seems destined to end his days in the " sand cart" of public degradation. —Morning Chronicle. Unhappily for the cause of humanity, for the sake of re ligion, morality, and the welfare of the nation, some of those great questio ns most a ff ect i ng the feeling and desires of the bulk of the nation have too frequently been made a handle to serve party purposes ; and afterwards not only abandoned, but with all their hideous deformities aggra vated tenfold by practice in some, by the concurrence of opinion of others, and the still more disgraceful and bare faced abandonment of principles on the part of those who not only possess the power, but have the means at their command, of doing away with the evil. We are now par ticularly alluding to the conduct of some portion of her Majesty's Government upon the subject of Flogging in the Army, and the striking illustrative examples of abandon ment in one person of previous convictions. We are well aware that some portion of the press in England, as well as of that in India, and that some Members of the House of Commons, will point to the murders which have taken place of so many officers by the native troops in India since Lord 'William Bentinck abolished flogging in the army, as an argument in favour of it. We shall, however, soon be enabled to convince them that those mur ders owe their origin to a very different cause. But at the same time that we deny the effect from such a cause, wa must, in the most unqualified and unmeasured manner, de nounce Lord William Bentinck's conduct in taking upon himself the responsibility, at the very hour of his embarka tion for England, of abolishing flogging in the native army, while at the same time he reserved it for the European troops. We have now before us a copy of a very valuable work, which our readers will recollect we had occasion, two years ago, to refer to, entitled " Remarks on Military Dis cipline, Flogging in the Army, with a New Code of Punish ments, for the Consideration of his Majesty's Ministers," by Captain W. White. On the 9th of April, 1836, we mentioned th..t this work had been suppressed, in conse quence of his Majesty having, through Sir Herbert Tay lor, declined accepting the dedication of it, as he was about to appoint a Commission of Inquiry into the sub ject. We published the letters of Sir Herbert Taylor to Captain White, which showed that the labours of the Gallant Captain were most courteously received by his Majesty, as also by the then Secretary at War, the Right Hon. Mr. Herries. Captain White clearly proves that the discontent and insubordination of the native Indian army, so far back as 1834, had arrived at a very high pitch, and he proves the causes to have proceeded from gross neglect, and great injuries which from time to time had been inflicted upon them. Their European Officers, indeed, were in a state little better than bordering upon revolt. This state of affairs with the European Officers had chiefly arisen from the taking away of the half-battu— a reduction in the pay of the officers—leaving them scarcely enough to live upon, much less the means of ever saving anything to enable them at a distant period to return to their native country. The following quotation from the work will set the point at rest as to whether the murder of the officers proceeds, as it is asserted, from the abolishment by Lord William Bentinck of flogging : " Looking at the evidence given before the Com mittee of the House of Commons on the East India Bill, it is lamentable in the extreme to learn therefrom the dangerous and precarious state of the Indian arm y. A variety of causes, no doubt, have combined to pr o d uce this unfortunate state of affairs. Mr. Courtenay, in his evidence, pays a very just and proper tribute to the Court of Di rectors, when he observes, It is extremely unfair to visit upon the Court of Directors all the ofences against the feelings or interests of the Indian army, of which complaints have been ma d e o f l ate years ;' f art h er observ i ng, for all this the Board of Control are ultimately responsible. . . They have acted in some particulars with, and others without the approbation of the Court.' Sir Edward Paget declares that . there is a great spirit of insubordination in the army- - a spirit of i n d ependence amongst the officers in. consistent with military discipline, and which is by no means subsiding, but, if possible, becoming worses' Captain Macan formerly Persian interpreter so Lord gratings, says, We find a spirit of inder entlerie incompatible with subordina tion. , ti . 'l'hey meet, form committees, appoint dale azit.S, subscribe funds, talk of rights infsingssd, compacts broken,' bad faith." In this state of affairs,' Capt. Macan remarks,' the only danger to our rule—and he considered it to be tt ve'sy important one—is our native ermy, the disaf fection of which will be the raskst, no doubt, of our losing our Eastern empire ) as its fidelity is the means by which we retain it; He then makes the astounding assertion that ',lie bond of attachment between the native and ' asuropean officers is almost broken From my own observation, and from what I have heard from the best informed officers of the native battalions, I do not think this attachment any longer exists, or if it does, it is in a very feeble degree.' With this deplorable and painful picture of the Indian army, Captain Macan concludes— ' In case of foreign invasion, artful and flattering overtures from an enemy, and more particularly of a Mahomedan, might he attended with very serious consequences, unless efficient means are taken to renew the attachment which formerly existed between the Sepoy and his officers.' How this attachment is to be renewed, I cannot for the life of me perceive. But I perfectly agree with Captain Macan in the important observation he makes, when he says, The fidelity of the troops is precarious ; and that by our mismanagement, or by the artifices of designing persons, they would turn against us those very a rms which now con stitute our strength ;' and that the most frivolous causes would be made the excuse for desertion to some particular service.' "—Morning ildvei tiser. It was confidently anticipated that the labours of the Lords' Committee upon the Imprisonment for Debt Bill having been brought to a close, the result would have been known, and that the Bill, in the shape of a prac tical and unexceptionable measure, would be, by this time, advancing through one or more of its subsequent stages. We would fain hope, however, that the delay is unavoida ble, and will be only temporary, and that this subject will, at least, form one exception to the inglorious exploits of a do-nothing session. The interests of humanity, God knows, owe little enough to the Whigs ; but as they tacitly submit to the guidance of their opponents when their own personal interests are not at stake, we trust they may be induced to accept from the Conservative Peers a measure so long called for by every claim of justice and humanity. Inconsistent as it may seem, we should like to see Parliament depriving the press of some part of the merits and popularity attaching to the promotion of this important object.—Morning Herald. Good intentions have seldom been more signally defeated in the result than in the case of the Duke of Wellington's Beer Bill. The measure was, no doubt, meant by its author to benefit the landowner and the labourer—the one, by encouraging the growth and consumption of barley —the other, by providing him with a wholesome beverage to be consumed at home and shared with his family ; in stead of which the former finds himself more injured than benefited by it in the mass of drunkenness, idleness, and crime, which it has produced, while the latter finds the pestilent beer shop, as now conducted, the prelude to a prison or a workhouse. All this would have been pre vented had a little more care, knowledge, and foresight b en used in the concoction and furtherance of the measure. One essential, which we have often adverted to, should have been a positive obligation, that any one opening a house under the Act should have been competent to become his own brewer, by having a plant constantly upon his pre mises large enough to brew, at least, five quarters of malt at a time. If such had been the case, instead of the com mon brewer's poison, the labouring man and the wayfarer would have been supplied with a wholesome beverage by persons whose property and character would have been a pledge for their conduct, instead of, as now, having every town and village studded and polluted with " Tom and Jerry shops," where the mind and the body are alike drugged into vice and disease. Yet, while every year only tends to confirm and increase this nuisance, not a single step is taken to remove it. Had we only old women for legislators, they could hardly talk snore and do less than has been the case with three successive Parliaments. Yet what would be more easy than to resort, now that the evil is known, to the remedy which would have prevented it ; that is, by enacting, in a short Bill, that no such house shall be hereafter licensed, or any licenee heretofore granted renewed, but upon the condition to which we have alluded ? This would immediately sweep away a large proportion, at least, of the objectionable places which now exist, even if it failed to establish many others in their stead. At any rate, if it be the duty of the Legislature to protect and reform, not to contaminate the community, it is time that this de moralising system were no longer allowed to supply the prison and the workhouse with inmates, who, but for it, would be, for the most part, useful, because industrious, members of society .—Morning Herald. The questions put by Mr. Praed on Wednesday night in the House of Commons to the Secretary of the India Board, in the absence of the Right Hon. President, were of an im portance which we fear the British public are not prepared adequately to appreciate. They were, first, whether the Board had received any advices relative to the interference of the East India Company's forces in regulating the succes sion to the Throne of the kingdom of Oude ? and second, whether instructions had been sent out to the Governor- General of India to take possession of that portion of the Oude territory which former acquisitions of the Company had still left under the dominion of its native Princes, and the undisturbed occupation of which had been guaranteed to to those Princes by solemn treaty ? To these questions the Secretary, with the habitual reserve of official men, or, perhaps, in obedience to the express instructions of his principal, declined to give any answer. The reserve, we must own, appears to us, in this instance, to have been more complete than the strictest official prudence would have required. What occasion could there be to make a mystery of a matter already so notorious to all the world as the interference of the military forces of the British Government of India, not to settle, but to disturb, the succession to the Oude Throne ? We have brought the facts of this case of flagrant and iniquitous aggression more than once under the notice of the readers of this journal, and no particular of our statement has been in the slightest degree impugned by any organ of the Go vernment. No one has ventured to call in question the facts that the son of the late King of Oude, although re peatedly acknowledged in the most formal manner—al though acknowledged by an unbroken succession of British authorities, from the moment of his birth—as the lawful heir to the Oude Throne, had no sooner ascended it after the demise of his father than he was forcibly dethroned by the British Government in India. As little has any one ventured to deny that, by the same power, a collateral rela tion of the late Kin.. was put in nominal possession of rega l authority, a man of the age of 92, having no child to suc ceed him after his death, or to corroborate and sustain his authority while living, a Prince whose claim to the suc cession, so far from having even been acknowledged by any British or other authority, had never been as serted or even heard of until it suited the purposes of the British Government to place in his impotent hand the sceptre wrested by military violence from that of the lawful and acknowledged heir. Why do we lay so much stress upon the antecedent and unequivocal recognition of one of these rival Princes and the absence of any such previous suffrage in the case of the other ? The reason is obvious. It has long been a maxim in the policy of the British Government of India, and experienced has demon strated that it is an honest and a wise one, to impart by its express recognition to some individual of the family of each of the native Princes of India, its allies or dependents, the fixed and indelible character of successor to Sovereign authority at the termination of the existing reign. This was the most effectual means that could be devised at once to transmit from Prince to Prince the full consciousness of their duties and obligations towards the British Government prescribed by treaty, and inherited together with their Throne, and to prevent those sudden outbreaks of rebellion and violent usurpations of authority which have been found so frequently to follow the death of the Sovereigns of every uncivilised or half-civilised people. The conduct pursued by the Indian Government on the decease of the late Kin.. of Oude is,therefore, to be regarded not merely as an isolated act of tyranny and oppression —although in this view it would be odious enough--s-but as the subversion of a long-established, well-tried, and most beneficial system of policy—not as affecting exclusively the State upon which an usurper has now been forced by military power, but as an example which unsettles or destroys all security in the succession of the native Princes, whenever the influence of the East India Company can reach and convert every In dian Throne into a prize to be contended for by means of tumultuous and sanguinary violence on the spot, or by in trigues in anticipation of the death of the reigning Sove reign, carried on at Calcutta. For, such a deviation from an established system of policy it will readily be conjec tured that there must have existed some stronger induce ment than a mere capricious preference of the great uncle of the late King to the son of that Severeign, some motive more cogent than mere reverence for old age, feebleness, and imbecility. And this brings us to the consideration of the second and the more important of the two questions put to the subaltern official by the Hon. and Learned Member for Aylesbury, viz., whether the Governor-General of India has received instruction s to take possession of the territo ries of the King of Oude. Surely a question like this might have been met even by a subaltern official in the ab senceanTahneswneergahtia,vee reply,been h g o iv w e e n ve t r o , w it o c u o l n d sis n t o e t nt i l n y of his prin c ip a l, b y a direct and explicit negative, could with truth such . this instance have been consistent with truth. So much we dare venture to affirm. We distinctly allege that there is a dispatch —a secret one it was originally called, but the secret has not been well kept —now in the pos session of Lord Auckland, requiring him, on the first THE SUN, LONDON, PRIDAY ; APRIL 11, I.Blg favourable opportunity, to take posseSsion of the dude territory, and the private treasures amassed in the Palace of the Kinir *7 The thanker I‘ll which the seCret respecting OA despatch transpired is a., curious hes : ory, the full particularsof Which the pUbli`e shall in due time, let Sir John 'Cam HobliCluse be as Uudotninu nicative as he may, The order has been given for this act of lawless spoliation, and has not been revoked. This ex pl tins, and there is no other explanation, all the extraordi estri proceedings respecting the dude presents, and the still more extraordinary proceeding of placing, by the mili tary power of Great Britain, an ustirper of 92 Upon the throne of Oude. Mr. Secretary of the Board of Control on Wednesday night told Mr. Praed that, " if he had given due notice of the time at which he intended to put his questions, the Right Honourable President of the Board would no doubt have been present." From this, it ap pears that Mr. Praed had given notice of his intention to put the questions, but had not fixed—as everybody who has witnessed the course of proceeding in the House of Com mons must know he could not fix—the precise time of putting them. The Hon. and Learned Member's notice meant, of course, that he would ask his questions as soon as he should see the President of the Board of Control in his place—at a moment when he could ask them without interrupting other business actually in progress. We do not believe that Sir J. C. Hobhouse had any very anxious desire to afford Mr. Praed the convenient opportunity ; and nothing can he easier than for a Cabinet Minister to keep out of sight for a whole week during the comparatively short period of each night when it would be possible to introduce a topic not mentioned in the paper of Notices of s Motion and Orders of the Day. Sir John Cam Hobhouse deceives himself, however, if he believes it possible to elude the discussion in Parliament of the important and interest ing subject to which we have been adverting.—illorn. Post. §tocit g ASSURARCE dOMPANiES,&c. &c. &c. --; .t:ONIDON, THURSDAY; APRIL 12 quwber Dindend lice pror ii•pt Pk.ilAtg. 01 ii - es. Annum. Paid. efi e s r i 1.766 7 pet cent. Ashton and Oldham....Average 971. 18s. sh. 135 1,082 41. Ashby-de-le.Zouch .. A,verage 113/. eh. 85 1,260 Basingstoke lOOl. sh. 5 1,005 5/. Brecknock and Abergav cum' 150 , . sh. 100 /IVleelesh. 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Lilt lOOOl. sh. 2501. pd 375 2,271 225. percent. European LI t, .0/. sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New "0/. sh. 2/. pd lf 1,000,0061. 71. per ct. Globe Stock 1511 20,000 31' Guardian lOO/. sh. 2711 pd 341 10,000 65. Pd. Hope 2,400 5/. 7s. 6d. Imperiai Fire 5001. sh. 501. pd 127 7,500 91. Imperial Lite 1001. sh. 101. pd 101 13,4.59 41. percent. Indemnity Marine 1001. sh. 81. pi 22 2,020 31 10, Kent Fire 501. sh. all pd 82 Si. Ditto Life 79 10,°00 1 6s. Law Life 100/. sh. 101. pd 251 5.000 1)i. London, Fir. 251. sh. 121. 105. pd 1n 3,900 10s. London, Ship 25i. sh. 12/. 10e. pd 16 1,000,000/. ... ..... Minerva Life 100/. sh. 30,0141 51. per cent. l'alladium Lite 50/. sh. 21. pd 218 s Od 50,000 41. per cent. protector Fire 2Ol. sh. '2l. pd 17.0 d 4,500 1/. Provident I.iie lOO/. sh. 101. pd 20 100,000 ss. Rock Life 0 0/. sh. 11. pd tif 649,2201 5/. per cent. Royal Exchange Stock.. . 225 6,000 5 per cent. University Life lOO l. sh. 51. d 51 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 2l. pd JOINT STUCK RANKS 25,000 6 per cent. Agric auclComm. of Ireland 251. sh. 10!. pd 14 5,000 Australasia 4Ol. sh. 401. pd 70 10,000 10 percent. Bank of Birmingham 5l!. sh. 10!. pd 13 10,000 IQ per cent. Birmingham Bank 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 16e 0,000 5 percent. London and Westminster...loo/ eh, 201. pd 21 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster 1001. sh. 1 4 )1. pd 50 25,000 Liverpool 1001 sh. 101. pd 23 50,000 71 per sant Manchester and Liverpool} 1001. sh. 151 pd lfli Discount 20,000 7 percent. Manchester 1001. sh. 25! pd 27 20,000 Provincial Bank of Ireland 1001. sh. 251. psi 42 20,t 00 National Bank of Ireland 5Ol. sh. 1711. pd 16i 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. 1001. sh. 351. pd 34 10,000 Gloucestershire 5Ol. sh. 101. pd 20 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire _ : 501 sh. Si. pd 2 __ __ . .___. GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 115 e 2O/. sh. 10!. pd 24 5,000 British 4Ol. eh. 101. pd 24 5,- ' [ and ,-,,,, 5/.percent. ' Ditto Prov i nc i a l Bs. 24. 20!. sh. 19 d 221 928 5110 s Birmingham 5O/. sh. 98 1,250 2/ Os Bristol 2o' sh. 26 1,500 at los Brighton 2Ol. sh. 1' f 750 31 10s Ditto, New 2O/. sh. 18/. pel 9 2,471 4; per cent. Brighton General 201.. h. all pd 17 4,000 4/. Continental Consolidated lOOl. 621/. pd 90 1,000 101. City of London .................1001. sh. all pd 190 1,000 6/. Ditto, New 11,000 41. Ios. Equitable 5Ol. pd 304 10,000 21 per cent. Imperial 800 51. per cent. Isle of Thanet 251. . h. 201. pd 20 2,350 61. per cent. Independent 'lO/. .h. all pd 49 9,000 31. per cent. Phrenix . . 5O/. sh. 39/. pd 214 1,000 4/. per cent. Ratcliff 100!. sh. 804 pd 58 4,000 South Metropolitan 8,200 5!. per cent. United General 5O/. sh. 46/. pd 29i 240 5!. per cent. Warwick 50!. sh. 50 400 51. per cent Wakefield 12,000 3/, Westminster Chartered 6,000 126. Ditto New . V/. sh 1(1/. pd Of KO Yarmouth 20/. sh. 181. pd 9 WATER WORKS. 1,800 9s. Birmingham 251. sh. 251. pd 214 4,4.'34 0/. East London lOO/. eh. 149 5,500 21 Ms Grand Junction ....Average 411 13s. 4d. sh. 54 2,000 21. Kent 100/. sh. 43 372 10/. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 3543 1,500 21 lOs New River London Bridge Water Annuities 59i 6,486 1/ 15s Manchester and Salford lOOl. sh. 54 1 . 0 00 4 per cent. South London 100/. sh. 87 8,294 4/. West Middlesex ....Average 631. 12s. 9d. .h. 944 1 .360 11146 York Building Co. Lessee Prop ..... -1001. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. - 6,300 Birmingham and Derby 9O/. pd 26 9,500 Birmingham and Gloucester 7,500 Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction Of 15,000 .- ...... Bristol and Exeter 1001. sh. 10 pd 7 660 Calcutta and Saugur 501. sh. '2l. pd Of 7,500 Cheltenham and G. Western...loo/. sh. 711. 4 3,009 Clarence lOOl. sh. 1001. pd 40 12,000 8.000 ... ...... Dublin and Kilkenny 100/. sh. 21 pd 11 60,001 Eastern Counties 251. sh. 51. pd 5; Grand Junction 1001. sh, 95/. pi 181 ..... ..., Great North of England 5,000 Great Western tool sh. 65/. pd 931 2,000 Hartlepool 1001. sh. 1001 pd 100 8,000 Hull and Selby 501. sh. 10/. pd 71 10,009 Leeds and Manchester 1001. sh. 5!. pd 14 2,100 V. per cent. Leeds and 5e1by,........ 100 sh. 41 1,500 1/.55. Leicester and Swannington -.50/. sh. all pd 751 5,100 10 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...lo(./.sh. 100/. p 4 195 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 2's/. pd 61 36,000 London and Brighton 501. sh. 8/. pd 101 12,000 London and Blackwall 5Ol. sh. 31. pd 71 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich . .... . 20/. sis. 201. pd 161 25,000 London and Birmingham -1001. sh. 991. pd 179 ... ...... Ditto Quarter Shares 51. psi 331 20,000 London and Southampton....sol. sh. 59/. pd 40 Ditto ditto New 51. p.l 27 7,000 London and Croydon Trunk 2C/. sh. 20/. pd 15 7,000 Ditto Scrip 14/ sh 51. pd 9 12,000 London Grand Junction 50/. sh. 51. pd 2 10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 70/.2h. 71. pd 91 North Midland 1001 sh. 251. pd 411 Northe , -n and Eastern lOO/ sh. 81. pd At 2,600 Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. 3'l. pd 36 29,000 South Eastern and Dover 71. pa 6 1,600 10/, per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO/ sh. 240 9,000 1,400 Westminster and Greenwich 50/. sh. 21. pd 01 6,000 York and North Midland ...50 . sh. 1 2 /, pd 121 MINES. 8,000 Albion Copper 5l. oh. sp. pd 12 4,000 11. ss. A lten 151. sh. 121.106 pd 121 10,000 ... ..... Anglo Mexican, iss. 51. pm.... 1001. sh. all pd 1113; Ditto Subscription 251. po 4 2,000 14. Bolanos l5O/. sh all pd 47j 10,000 11. 16s Brazilian Imp. iss. 5/. pm 351. ah. 20/, pd 221 6,000 ... ...... Macaubas es Cocaes United -251. sh. 2:4. pd 7 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Roy 201. ah. al. pd 5,1 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company, 201. eh. 2W. pd 5 10,000 ......... Ditto Scrip 10/. sh. 1131. pd 3j 20,000 British Iron 5Ol. sh. 50/ pd 5 6,000 .... ..... British Copper 5l. sh. 4jl. pd i I Cata Branca.... 64/. pd 1' Candonga 7l/. pd 7 10,000 11 Copiapo 2Ol. sh 1211 pd Sj 8,500 ... Columbian, iss. 51. pm. 2,850 V. English l2/ ICs. pd I2j 20,000 6,155 Mexican Company 100/..h. 55j1. pd 2 3,006 Polberou Consols 101. eh. 81. pd 3j 11,500 Real del Monte Unregistered l5 Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd 160 30,00 0 United Mexican, in. 2 pm. -AO/. sh. all pd 2j Dan. Scrip . 40 Ditto New Scrip 5l p 4 s 4 West Cork 50/. sh. 50/. pd 3EI A FEMALE HUSBAND. In the Manchester Times of Saturday last is a paragraph to the following effect "UNFOUNDED Raroar. - A silly report has been industriously propagated this week, to the effect, that a respectcble female in this town has been married for about seventeen years to a person who, within the last few days, is discovered to be a woman. As it was not impossible for such a circumstance to have occurred, although very improbable, we had curiosity enough to make inquiries on the subject, and found that the alleged remarkable discovery' was a gross fibricaticn " We, too, have had curiosity enough to make inquiries on the subject, and find that the " unfounded report" of the "re markable discovery" which, though " not impossible," is " very improbable," is really, in the main, true. All the cir cumstances communicated' o us relative to this singular case, we do not feel justified in publishing ; but we may mention a few of the principal facts connected with what is hero known of the history of this Chevalier D'Eon in humble life, of course suppressing the names of the parties. A few days ago, a respectable female waited upon an attorney in this town, and asked his advice in a case of a very peculiar nature. It seems that her husband, a master bricklayer, who had been in the habit of trusting her impli citly in his business, even leaving to her management the bookkeeping requisite in his trade, had of late, for some cause or other, refused to allow her the usual weekly sum for house keeping. Having also, in other respects, treated her as she conceived in an unkind manner, she came to take advice as to how she should proceed, under the circumstances, against her husband, whom, to the no small astonishment of the pro fessional gentleman she was then consulting, she declared to be not a man, but a woman. The Attorney thought it his duty, under such singular circumstances, to bring the matter under the notice of Mr. Foster, the Magistrate, who directed that Mr. Thomas should take the case under his management, and bring the parties for private examination before him (Mr. Foster), at the police-office. Mr. Thomas took the neces sary steps ; and, on Thursday last, the parties were brought before Mr. Foster, in the Deputy-constable's room at the police-office, when the truth of the wife's averment to the attorney was corroborated in the most distinct and unqua lified manner by Mr. Oilier, surgeon to the police, who gave a certificate declaring that the individual in ques tion was a woman. The woman-husband, we believe, did to make the least attempt to deny her sex, but contented her self with stating, that her wife had been only led to make this exposure, because she had withheld from her the weekly al lowance of money for house-keeping expenses. The wife replied, that this was not the only cause she had of com plaint against her spouse; for that she (the husband) was oc casionally intoxicated, and that, when in that state, the hus band treated her very ill. The wife has also stated, that she accidentally made the discovery of the sex of her husband as much as two or three years back ; but that she had kept the secret till the present time. From what could be gleaned of the history of this female husband, it would seem, that she had assumed the garb and character of a boy at an early age, and that in that character she was apprenticed, at the age of 16 or 17, to a master builder, in one of the large towns of Yorkshire. Being of good exterior, with prepossessing appearance and manners, and of features rather handsome, the supposed young man attracted the attention of many females in the same condition of life ; and, amongst others, was the one who afterwards became the wife. The attentions of the young bricklayer were acceptable and accepted; and the union took place shortly after the expiration of the apprenticeship. Soon afterwards this couple came to Manchester, we arc told, about the year 1829, where the husband commenced the busi ness of a builder, and, by considerable skill, ability, and atten tion to trade, was tolerably successful. Amongst other branches of the business, this builder became remarkable, in deed almost to celebrity, for skill and success in the erection of flues, ovens, &c. ; and, we believe, is at this moment in very good business, employing several hands, and giving very gene ral satisfaction to those for whom any work has been exe cuted. The wife had the entire management of the books and accounts in the business ; and, as far as we have heard, there was not the slightest imputation on her charac ter. It is somewhat remarkable, that this is not the first case of this nature which has been brought under the no tice of Mr. Thomas. In January, 1829, a labourer in the service of Mr. Crisp, ship-builder, at Dockhead, London, while assisting in sawing a log of fir, was struck by the severed p u a r r y t of whileth e log being with conveyed y e force d tu o n s t.the Thomas's head, ( in. jn it j stripping the body to prepare it for interment, was disco. vered that the deceased, who was about 38 years of age, was a woman. She had been known for about twenty-two years to have filled various situations as groom, shipvvright'slabourer, and other subordinate occupations in dock-yards, vitriol works, &e. and had been twenty-one years married; and his wife de clared in the most solemn manner, on the inquest, and before the police magistrates at Bow -street, that during the whole of that period, she had been in utter ignorance of the real sex of her supposed husband. —Manchester Guardian. - POOR-LAW AGITATORS.—A few perhaps of Our readers, who note the senseless clamour got up on the subject of the amended law for the relief of the poor, may recollect that a set of self-sufficient zanies assembled in the vestry of St. Luke's, Chelsea, about a fortnight since, and then and there passed certain resolutions having for their object to glorify themselves and to cast odium on Lord Brougham's Bill. A Committee was accordingly appointed, and the Re port has just been made, negativing the assertions of film. , pretended friends of the poor, and distinctly contradicting the false and silly statement which the aforesaid simpletons fathered, loudly protesting that the inmates of the workhouse were neglected, and much worse off now under the New Poor_ law than they were formerly 1 The Report of the Committee, which affords evidence—no less incontrovertible than gratify ing—of the beneficial working, in the Union, of the Poor-law Amendment Act, will, it is hoped, banish much of that pre judice against its operation, which in many places is fostered for purposes which are either simply ridiculous or really dis honest. It is truly remarkable to observe the effect in a parish which a pompous parochial busy-body will often produce with no higher or better motive than a love of notoriety. The Poor-law agitators of St. Luke's have however received a check, and we would advise the parishioners for the future to be on their guard against the vulgar charmers and dealers in false pretences. The Chelsea cheats, as well as those of other localities, should be scouted by every honest man and real friend of the poor. SPRING-HEELED JACK.—On the Ist instant a gross attack was made on the wife of one of the preventive men at Southend, on her return along the cliffs from the cha pel to the station-house. It appears the assailant was dressed in the attire of a gentleman, and having concealed himself under a cliff, caught the woman suddenly by the heel, threw her down, tore her clothes, and after behaving with the greatest insolence, stuffed grass in her mouth, to prevent her calling for aid to her companions, from whom she had parted a few minutes before. Fortunately, however, they heard the noise, and returned to her assistance, ashen the ruffian ran off, thus escaping the chastisement he richly deserved, and which, says our correspondent, would have effectually deterred him from again personating " Spring-heeled Jack" for the remain der of his natural life. The woman was seriously injured by the fright, but is recovering. u w ty h , o a h y a o s ung man named Eyres, a very On Monday morning last , as William plied at Water- I meritorious o r and a industrious w a sy s a t o e n r m h i a s n d , William Carroline observed a brown paper parcel, left by the tide, lying on the sand near the second arch of Waterloo bridge, on the Surrey side. He immediately called out Eyres, saying, " There is a prize for us." They went to pick it up, and Eyres cut the string, when to their surprise they found a full-grown healthy child, about one month old, wrapped up in a piece of flannel, a brick tied round the neck, no doubt for the purpose of sinking the body. The poor little infant's throat was cut, and Ow body dreadfully mutilated. They im mediately went to Mr. Brown, the sexton of Waterloo Church, Waterloo-road, and procured a shell, and William Eyres car ried the body to and left it at Brown's house, and his opinion is it could not have been many hours in the water. Surely the inhuman mother will be found out, there being not a doubt but the infant was murdered. ROBBERY.—On Tuesday night, between the hours of eleven and half-past twelve, the house of Mr. Westlake, tailor, 36, Blackfriars-road, was entered by thieves, and robbed of property to the amount of 1601. Mr. W. had left home at eleven o'clock, and on his return found the door of the shop ajar, his shop in disorder, and property to the above amount, consisting of broad cloth, &c., and ready-made clothes, missing. The thieves must have been disturbed in their operations, as they left some of their apparatus behind them and decamped, fortunately without the cash-box, which was in a rather exposed situation. Mr. W. has offered a re ward, of 801. for the *diction of the culprits. LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,0 00 London, with Bronze Ticket 75gs sh. 214 1, pd 5 00 London University 1001. sh. all 213 i 70 0 Russell 2 sgs. sh. 9 King' College 100/. pd '26 MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 15s. Australian Agricultural...JOU sh. Sri/. pd 44 6,000 41. per cent. British American Land Company 23/. pd 11' 10,000 61. per cent. Canada Company lOW. eh. '2Bl. pd 30f 900,000 51, per cent. Upper Canada Loan 96 City Bonds, 4 per cent lOl 15,000 _ll. 6e. General Steam Navigation ...15/. sh. 131. pd 'l6 ~ 101. per cent. Hudson's B a y St oc k 2,000 11. London Corn. Sale Rooms Iv. 751. sh. 10 8,000 Caoutchouc Company °5l. sh. 12j1. pd 9 New Brunswick Land Compagy 431. pd 10 2.754 51. per cent. Reversionary interest 50 c ...100/. s h. 100/ . p d 133 2 :633 51. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. '7Ol. pd 90 4,000 10, 000 81. Van Die.ner.'s Land 1001. sh. 17/. pd 13 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. MARCH 24, 1838. BANKS. occoot)/. 61. p. et. Bank of Scotland 63/. 6s. Sd. sh. all pd 1921. 2,000,0)C1. 5f p. ct. Royal of Scotland 100/. sh. all pd 1104 500,0004 Bp. ct. British Linen Company 1001. sh. pd 2361. 3,000,0001. 61. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1001. pd 1804 5 . 000,000 t. n. ct. Natonal lOOl. sh. 101. pd 161/. 2 , 000,0001. 61. p. ct. Glasgow Union 250/. sh. 50/. pd 71/. 4,000,004 4p. ct. Western of Scotland -- —2OOl. sh 301. pd 421. INSURANCE COMPANIES. 250,0005 h. 6f p. ct. Scottish Union 20/. sh. 1/. pd 265. 7,500 6j p. ct. Hercules lOOl. sh. 101. pd 131 15$. l op 000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland ....101. sh. all pd 815 s 50,000 6p. et. North British Loon sp. ct. Caledonian Fire 1001. Bh. 101. pd 1910 s 5,0 00 Bp. ct. Edinburgh Life 1001. sh. 10/. pd 141184 100,000 3f p. it. West of Scotland lOl. pd 710 s MISCELLANEOUS. 4,810 Edin. and Glail.ln7eanal...so/. sh. all pd 22 4 Ditto Allocated .96/. th. all pd 1351. 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Water.... 25/. sh. all pd : 364 Carron Iron Company 2501. sh. all pd 441. , woo 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundery 501. sh 3, 4 1. Pd 45 1 . 10 ono S per cant. Edinburgh & L e i t h G lass 2O/. sh. 16/. pi 8 1 - 4 , 500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 251. sh. all pd 661. 4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas "5/. sh. all pd 1341. 750 7i per cent. Leith Coal Gas 204 sh. all pd 451. 1,206 Edinburgh and Dalkeith Itaoway...so/. sh 35 1 . moo 5 per cult. Equitable Loan Company..,-.51,ib. 2/, pd 104 ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. eiliCtlTT.—LzPinPoor , , APRIL 10. BREACH OF I"RONHSE OF MAHRIAOII.-.-ViLD tl. ATItERTON. „this Was art action for a breach of promise of marriage. /W. Mistifia at dreesed the Jury for the plaintiff. The plain be stated, was the derikrhter bf Mr. Wild, residing at 26, Great Homer-street. She is in no Very elevated rank in life, and her family having been reduced, she is employed in mak ing up millinery for their support and her own. She is of the age of twenty-six years. The defendant is of a pro pOrtionate age ; being thirty one, Ho was formerly a to bacconif,t; but now lives upon his property. About five years ago, an intimacy eying up between him and the plaintiff's family, and he was very eoristant in his visits to the house. Filially, in October last, lie came to the hater° with that familiarity which the terms of his ac quaintante pistified for Mary Ann. He then formally made a proposal of marriage ; and *tas accepted. He called again the next day, and produced a ring, which h" compared with the finger of his intended bride, to see whether it would stilt fer the intended ceremony. He was eoitiou§ that that ceremony should be hastened, and after an interview with the plaintiff's mother, it was finally arranged that the marriage I hould take place on the Ist of November. The Ist of Novem ber, the day appointed for the ceremony, strived, but the plaintiff did not make his appearance. Another and another day passed, and he did not come, till at length the father of the plaintiff, no little, as it might be supposed, surprised at the defendant's conduct, called on him for an explanation. 11 e said that he had been unwell, and on that account did not keep his appointment. This was all the explanation lie would vouchsafe to give. The plaintiff, unwilling to believe that his purpose was to treat her with such wanton cruelty, wrote him a letter, giving him an opportunity, if he chose to take advan- I rage of it, to explain his conduct.-(The Learned Counsel read the letter from a copy in his brief, having given notice to the other side to produce it.) What was the reply? It was as follows :—" I received your letter last evening, and notice its contents ; and I am sorry you took me in earnest, as I was in joke all the time. I think it extreme madness for a man out of health, and who is, and has been so for many years, to have any ineumbrance. 1 would have come and spoken to you myself, but I am too unwell, and I do not know that it is requisite, as these are my sentiments." Such was his letter ; I and a more business-like production, certainly, he would be bound to say, the jury had never heard of under such circumstances. It appeared, however, some time after, as if he had some remorse for his treatment of this, young woman, at his request, she met him in his own house in the company and under the protection of a Mrs. Murrough, a cousin of her own. She went ; she saw Miss Dutton, his landlady, who, on her part, treated it all as a joke. She was then introduced to the defendant, who, with heartless levity, I ' informed her that that lady, Miss Dutton, was, if ever he should marry, to be his wife ; and she was given to understand j that his engagement to that effect was of six weeks' standing. ' It was no wonder if, under these circumstances, mocked as well as wronged, she should feel irritated at the plaintiff's con duct, and that she should say to him, in her woman's anger, " I'll make you pay for this." She did say;so, and no doubt his Learned Friend would make that good use of the expression which he knew so well how to make. What, however, was the reply of the defendant ? "Oh I" said he, "if it is law you want, I have some of the best men in Liverpool against you." He had performed his threat, and the talents of Lo timed Friend arrayed against him were the best evidence that he had; but ho trusted that, despite this disadvantage under which the cause 'of his client laboured, they would give such da mages to his client as so serious an injury demanded. Evidence was then brought forward in corroboration of the Learned Counsel's statement, after which Mr. ALEXANDi7.II, for the defendant, contended that already enough appeared to convince them that this was a gross at tempt of the plaintiff's father and mother to inveigle into ma trimony a weak and silly, half insane man, who was at the time under the care of the doctor, now of his nurse, and who had to be watched occasionally, lest he should commit suicide. No one could believe that the health of the plaintiff was affected in the way described by the breaking off a courtship which com menced in the end of October and was put an end to in the be ginning of November. It was evidently a speculation on the part of the father, whom, unfortunately, this weak man had made his boon companion. The whole affair bore this aspect. The account of the courtship given by the mother was highly ridiculous. And as to the letter, what would they say when that alleged to have been sent by Mrs. Murrough to the de fendant in Miss Wylde's name was proved to be a forgery, cooked up for the occasion, under the impression, no doubt, that the original had been destroyed. The second letter, which he had put into the hands of the witness Murrough, and which bore the Liverpool post-mark, Nov. 8, the same date with the copy put in, was in these words :—" Sir,—l under stand you were at our house last Saturday week, although I did not know it until yesterday, when Agnes told me, my mo ther having kept it quite secret. She is now at Manchester, and I shall be quite alone all the week, every day but Wed nesday, if you wish to see me, or have anything to say. I cannot get out, as I am sole housekeeper. You will oblige me by not showing this to the Misses Dutton." This was real letter ; but as it would not read so well, not being so sentimental, as the former, the false one was substituted in its place. He should call a number of witnesses to prose the state of mind of the defendant. At the close of Mr. Alexander's statement his Lordship said it would be impossible to go for a verdict for the defend ant, and suggested that the matter might be arranged. Mr. ALEXANDER said it would appear, from the evidence, whether the state of the defendant's mind was such as to render the agreement.null. At any rate it would be sufficient to reduce the damages to a minimum. A number of witnesses were then called—the nurse, the godmother, and the physician of the defendant, who agreed in stating that he had been very weak-minded from his birth. That latterly he had drank a good deal, and been subject to delirium tremens. The effect of which was that he was now imbecile.—The Jury returned a verdict for one farthing, and his Lordship refused to certify, the Jury havingldeclared it was their intention to give costs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. HATTOIV:GARDEN. - _ William Tliunro was re-examined, charged by Thomas Hig gins, coal-dealer, of No. 47, Speldhurst-street, Brunswick square, with having assaulted John Higgins, his son, aged seven years, by which his life is placed in imminent danger. The prosecutor produced the following certificate:— " I hereby certify that John Higgins, son of Thomas Hig gins, coal-dealer, of 47, Speldhurst-street, still lies in a dangerous condition, having since Sunday night last had symptoms of an aggravated character, under the most un favourable circumstances; and I should consider it imprudent to state him to be out of danger for at least another fortnight. " J. BROOKING Surgeon. " March 11, 1”8. 30, Judd -street, Brunswick-square." It will be recollected that the prisoner was dancing to a clarionet-player, in Hadlow-street, Brunswick-square, when he was laughed at by the injured boy, and some other children, on which he threw a locksmith's drill at him, the point of which penetrated his skull and injured the brain, when he was taken to his father's house apparently dead. Mr. RouEus inquired of the father whether the boy was in much pain ? The father replied that he was in the greatest agony, and the surgeon informed him that morning that there was not the least hope of his recovery. Rertinded for another week. Bridget O'Connell, a way-worn looking elderly Irish woman was brought up by police constable 2M, N division, charged on suspicion of stealing a blanket. The constable being sworn, stated that on Tuesday night last he saw the prisoner in Islington, offering the blanket for sale, when suspecting that she had stolen it, he questioned her, and the only account that she could give of her possession of it being that she brought it from Ireland, he took her to the station-house, where she was locked up. Mr. ROGSRS (to the prisoner)—Pray where did you get the blanket? Prisoner (leaning over the bar)—Sure, den, i t it is my own, masther, and I brought it from Kilkenny. But where did you get it ? I got it in my own house, or in my shisthers, and sure that is all the same.—( A laugh.) If you came from Kilkenny, why were you found at Isling ton Prisoner (with an air of surprise)—Why didn't I come through St. Albans, and that was my way ? What caused you to come to England ? Sure den, don't we all come here to get work at this saison o' the year, at harvest, and what would I have to cover me, if I didn't bring along wid me my poor ould blanket when I wanted ? Constable—But she was trying to part with it. Prisoner (looking with contempt at the policeman)—To be sure I was ; and wouldn't you do the same, if ye wanted a pinch o' snuff and some victuals ?—( A laugh.) Constable—The blanket appears to be nearly new. Prisoner—And would you have it to be ould, coming all the way from Kilkenny? Sure, it's myself that's no thief, and did'nt I bring it to sarve me till Igo back again ? Haven't I four children in the. 82d regiment, at Staffordshire, who'd give me a karacther, if they . were here ? B u t i t i sn ' t myself that wants their assistance, if I can get the harvest-work. The Clerk said it was nothing uncommon for Irish people to come from Ireland to get work at the harvest, and bring blankets to cover them on the road, and afterwards to be passed to Ireland. Ile had no doubt she Caine honestly by the blanket. Prisoner—lt's my own blanket, masther; and there's no. body in England can claim it besides myself and my shisther —( Laughter. ) Mr. ROGERS—Give the poor creature her blanket, and let her go. Prisoner—Heaven bless you, masther ; may the grass never grow before your door, and good luck to you. Like Teague, she put the blanket on her back, shrugged her shoulders in self.congratulation, and left " the prisince." Jupiter now appears in the evenings, when the at mosphere is clear, remarkably bright and resplendant, and presents a most attractive and interesting object. M. Tillers, the French Minister, has returned to his original avocation cf a newspaper writer. He now gets 5,000 f. (2001.) a month for writing a weekly article in the Constilutionnel. THE WHEAT CROP.—Wheat in the Fylde country is, we understand, looking very well ; it has plenty of roots and, as far as present appearances go, bids fair for a plentiful crop. This statement will apply to the breadths sown with wheat at Cockerham, Thurnham, and generally in this neigh bourhood. We are assured that we may confidently contradict the report that wheat is deficient of roots in this county, owing to the late severe and long-continued frost. The cold weather has undoubtedlfchecked its growth; but it is now putting on a very goo d aspect, an d i s very much improved within the last week or ten days.—Lancaster Gw-rdzan. MARKET INTELLIGENT-. (From the London Price Current of Thursday, April 2 2 .) SUGAR.—The British Plantation Market has assumes: a. very quiet appearance. Previous prices have been supportea for both brown and yellow descriptions, in some instanetra however mid. yellow sorts have been sold on rather easier terms, mid. Demerara for the scale yielding 591., good 61s. to 61s. 6d., Jamaica fine 645. ; the quantity on show, although arnsll, has been rather larger this than during the previous week ; the deliveries are still trivial, and last week CS ere 462 hhds. and trs. less than during the corresponding period of last year ; the stock is now 1,209 hhds., &c. heavier than it was in 1837 at this period. The purchases since our last have been only 800 hhds. and trs. ; the market closed this after noon, and will remain so until Wednesday next. In the Refined Market there has been less business trans acted this than in the preceding week, but the supply of goods being very short former rates have been fully maintained ; the grocers have taken only small parcels of Lumps, paying 765. for those rather under, and 775. 6d. passing the standard ; for exportation the transactions have been confined to a few small quantities of double crushed at 365., and at which little is to be had, the quantity ready for immediate delivery being so small. :MAURITIUS.—Owing to the cause stated above, the demand has much abated for both grocery and refining descriptions; there has been nothing doing by private treaty, and two pub lic sales, containing 13,400 bags, went heavily, and about half was bought in; those sold went at a reduction on previous rates of Is. EAST INDlA.—Bengal has participated in the inactivity which has prevailed in other descriptions admissible for hors* consumption ; the grocers have purchased cautiously, and 2,657 bags offered at auction were only partly disposed of at a decline on former rates of Is. FOBEION.—The market continues very inactive for all de scriptions; in Brazil there has been nothing done either by public sale or private contract, and prices remain as previously quoted; the demand for Ilavannah has been confined to 1, 855 boxes offered at auction, which sold heavily, yellow Is., ord. and mid. white Is. 6d. to 25., and good Is. under previous prices. MoLasszs.—West India has become dull of sale, and since this day week there has not Been a transaction ; prices remain as previously quoted, from 275. 6d. to 295. per cwt. COPFEL—There has been a better disposition evinced ox the part of the grocers to purchase British Plantation this week, the stock remaining in their hands being reduced to a very low ebb having compelled them to come forward and purchase to supply their immediate wants. Ja maica of middling and good clean quality has been sought after, but there is none at market. Ceylon has been in good request by the grocers, and prices have improved 35., sales of good ordinary made at 80s., rather better 8 4 g., at which rates there are not generally further sellers. Mocha has maintained its former value, but the de mand has been limited, 542 bales have been offered at auction, out of which 140 were taken in, the remainder sold at 105 s. to 106 s. for good even yellow, and 87s. to 90s. 6d. for green clean garbled. COCOA.—British Plantation has been taken very sparingly by the grocers, and 222 bogs Trinidad at public sale sold a!,s . reduction on late rates of several shillings ; fah' and mil greyish selling at 44s 6d. to 465. 6d. Foreign is in ci.7tea r , 2 and a cargo of Guayaquil just arrived, consisting of 6, 9 ' cargos, has been sold, but the particulars have not been allows` to transpire ; the Government contract for 50 tons has beef taken, but we have not been able to ascertain the price; $ . . auction 162 bags Para withdrawn at 40s. The Government contract for 75,000 gallons Rem has been taken at 2s. lOid. by Messrs. Ruck, Son, and Fenwick, being lower than was generally expected. TALLOW.—The market continues in a very dull state, the demand for P. Y. Candle for consumption has been extremeli limited at 50s. 6d., and for delivery in the last three mont hs the operations have been very trivial, at 455. 6d., at wh ' e " there are generally sellers. The letters from St. Petersburg" estimate the supply for the season at 156,000 casks, price° continued high. Town Tallow is still declining. TEA.— There has been an increased disinclination evince on the part of the trade to purchase this week at the Pub of sales, particularly of green descriptions ; the attendance o buyers has been small, and the biddings for all descriptions having been very languid, no support being given by capitalists, notwithstanding the continued advices from Canton reporting prices high, and that the importation will be short this season, not exceeding 25 to 30 million pounds.. The decline sinc°r the commencement of the sales, as compared with Deeern be prices, may be stated as thus :—Congaus lid., Hys ons 3d. 3. ) ;(1., Orange Pekoe 2d., Pekoe 3d., Twankays lid ., ImPe ci rial and Gunpowder 4d., Ning Yong 2d., Souchong and lid upon all other sorts, with the exception of Canton flu Fukien Bohea, which have sold lid. under the rates obtainerof late by private contract, but id. a Id. per lb. above thos of the sales in December last. PROVISIONS.—There has not been a large im of Butter from Ireland • we have, however, a continuance heaviness in the Market, ' indeed almost all I qua ities arc unr saleable, and prices are quite nominal from 755. to 935., per cwt. for inferior to fine quality. Of Foreign some parcel,!Bs'. fine have arrived, which find a steady sale at from 965. active. Lard maintains its former value, but the Market is not ant!' • c lvaneingt For Bacon a good demand exists, and prices are a heavy , 535. to 545. obtained for very fine quality, and 50i. for 'Wavy. Middles on the advance, and in demand. OlLS—Fish Oils continue on the advance, and there has p?rtation of again been a very good demand ; sales of Cod made at 381. to 391., all the Southern has been bought up at 281. to 291. for middling to good. In Pale Seal no variation has oc curred. For Sperm a steady request has prevailed at 821. Linseed has declined to 265. 6d., but at which the transac tions have been very extensive during the last few days. Rape flat, and rather cheaper. In Olive little has been done, prices unaltered. In Palm and Cocoa Nut the transactions have been limited, at late prices. SPICES.— Pimento is held for fully the rates previously esta blished ; and there has been rather more business doing. Ai. Th e , transactions in Ginger have been again to a limited extent _ former rates ; 100 bags Malabar at auction sold at 29 9 . 295. 6d. for bold quality. In Mace, Cloves, and Cassol! Lignea there has been little stirring, and quotations arc altered. For Cinnamon there has been no demand ;_ P u ' oo sales are fixed for the 30th, the quantity advertised is ,rtes bales, principally of second quality. Pepper ha s suppor at previous prices, but the demand has been limited , 550 bags. Ad, auction only partly found buyers, shot Malabar at to 4b",. TOBACCO. —There has been a good demand ; and 300 ~, Kentucky have been disposed of at 4id. to did., being 01.7 tail prices. • ... ANECDOTE OF WoLsEy.—A singular anecc!virs' is related in connection with the neighbourhood of Es ne k ; When Wolsey was on his road from Cawood Castle , to ta as his trial, he was "so weak and spirit broken, that be w as obliged to rest eighteen days at Sheffield Park, rhere he most humanely treated by its owner, the Earl of Shirl sbur , ) ,, lie was there informed that Sir William Kingston, the stable of the Tower, was coming to conduct him to Long- v 6 On hearing the name of ' Kingston,' Wolsey was over . e ore e by grief and consternation ; for his mind, weakened by hati*, and calamity, and imbued with a portion of the superstitiel spirit of the age, instantly saw in the name the fulfilment et. prophecy that he should end his days near Kingston ;o n or account he never would pass through the town of King st° that lay between London and his residence at Esher." Th ere• amidst delightful and picturesque scenery, stands a memorial (a square tower) of the ambitious minister, the powerful .13'-- vourite—the selfish ecclesiastic—and the victim to tyranny and yet a tyranny that he had himself assisted both to forte .ari exercise. Alas ! how troubled were the times which the sight, of this structure recalls to our memory I How painfu l is the contrast with the scenes of peaceful nature around it ; with the refreshing quiet of the wood, and the repose of the water, whereon the nothingness of human glory may be shown in one simple but sublime problem. —Mirror. BERLIN, MARCH 2G.—The most certain sign thaS, the negotiations at Rome have failed is the expected return 0' Dr. Bunsen, some persons of whose establishment have alreadY arrived. All endeavours to come to an arrangement were de feated by the Pope's persisting in his demand that the Arch bishop should return to his diocese, and the changes to b° made afterwards left to his Holiness—a demand whi ch the state will never grant. --- PATENT LEVER WATCHE S • Price, at T. COX SAVORY'S, 47, Cornbill, LOlOO ll . SILVER, CASES. 6 .6 With double-bottom cases £ 0 if With hunting cases GOLD CA SES. 11 6 Size for ladies, with elegant gold dial Size for gentlemen, with enamel dial ...... 4 w 14 This celebrated constructio m n (the most accurate on -) 1ell tb a e watch can be made) is now offered at the above price, wi; h i i n latest improvements, e., the detached escapement, jivoli e "• four holes, capped, hand to mark the seconds, and maintainil power to continue going while winding op. T. cox SAV9RY, Working Silversmith, Goldsmith, and Watchmaker, 47, Cornli London (Seven Doors from Gracoolluroh-street). BIRTHS. On the 7th inst.., at the Vicarage, Cawthorn, near BarnslaY' York, the lady of the Rev. A. M. Parkinson, of a daughter. , j „, On the 10th inst., in Gloucester-terrace, Regent's-park, the 13 I of D. B. Chapman, Esq., of a son. h- On the Bth inst., Mrs. John Coysgarne Sim, of Alecklen hurg square, of a son. , On the 11th inst., the lady of M. Wigram, Esq., nt . a MARRIED. On the 10th inst., at Len isha m Ch urc h, G eo rge Matson, E! j, of Perry-vale, near Sydenham. Kent, t o Charlotte, daughter of M. Bird, Esq., of Dartmouth Lodge, in the same place. ~ At St. Mary's, Lamb e th, Jr.A Th omas Griffiths, of St. Gll_e: Cripplegate, to Elizabeth, y ounges t dau g hter of J. Samways , q Silver-street, Falcon-square. DIED. On the 6th i ns t., i n P ar k s treet, Gro s venor-square, Char les Julian, so n o f th e H on . W. F rase r, aged five weeks and fou r daYg On the 10th in s t., a t S ear les, Jana Elizabeth, sister of Sir T. M. Wilson, Bart., aged 37. On the Bth inst., John Woodward, Esq., of Summer-hill, near Kidderminster. On the I Ith inst., in lace Hammersmit h, Sant Brandenburg') p Fred. Green, solicitor, third son of Mr. Green, ' of Green's Hotel, Lincoln's Inn-fields, aged 33. On the Bth ult., at Heading, Thomas Simmons, Esq., of Stoken church, Oxon, aged 77. On the 10th inst., at Charing-cross, aged 19 months, Augusta Susan, youngest daughter of H. Herbert, Esq. On the 10th inst., Joseph Chitty, jun., Esq. , special spleader, of Middle Temple. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of Nc. 112, Strand, aelThe Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the county of Middlesex.—Friday, April 13, 1638.